“Mariachi Vargas has a special love that it gives to people everywhere we play. This is…
Author: Catalina Maria Johnson
I love to write and radio about music! The one-hour radio program I host and produce, Beat Latino, airs Sundays at 11am on vocalo.org , Saturdays in Berlin and is archived weekly. Beat Latino specials are also licensed in 20+ states throughout the U.S.A. through the Public Radio Exchange. I contribute regularly to NPR's Alt.Latino, World Cafe , and Global Notes on WBEZ, NPR Music, Gozamos, Revista Contratiempo.
Interview: Monica Lionheart at Unísono Fest
It was a pleasure to chat with Monica Lionheart at Unísono Fest in Pilsen and discover…
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A new media art form tricks out opera and crosses every possible border
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The Argentinean virtuoso guitarist explains “Gonzalogy”
Jerry Gonzalez: Finding the bop in rumba, and the rumba in bop
It’s no secret that the coolest cat in Madrid is from the Bronx